JGH Virtual Medical Grand Rounds - April 2022
MONDAY VIRTUAL MEDICAL GRAND ROUNDS
12:30 - 1:30 PM
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April 4
VIRTUAL CARE AND HOSPITAL AT HOME - A PARADIGM CHANGE AND AN EXERCISE IN CHANGE
Jonathan Choy, MD, MBA, FRCPC, FACC, FASE, FCCS
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Associate Dean, Clinical Faculty, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Alberta
Senior Medical Director, Provincial Clinical Programs and Virtual Health
Lawrence Rudski, MD, FRCPC, FACC
Professor of Medicine, Â鶹AV
Director, Azrieli Heart Center
Chief, Division of Cardiology
Jewish General Hospital, CIUSSS West-Central Montreal
Mrs. Erin Cook, BSc N, RN, MSN
Associate Director, Quality, Transformation, Evaluation, Performance and Ethics Department (DQTEPE)
CIUSSS West-Central Montreal
Educational Objectives:
1. Understand why virtual care is growing in importance as a health care delivery model
2. Review the infrastructure required to establish a hospital at home
3. Learn how to adapt conventional medical treatment approaches to a virtual environment
4. Review initial experience in hospital and at home in the CIUSSS West-Central Montreal
Contact Person: Lawrence Rudski, MD, Chief, Division of Cardiology and Director, Azrieli Heart Center, Tel. 514-340-8222 ext. 22992.
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April 11
VIRAL INTERFERENCE: AN OLD CONCEPT WITH RENEWED INTEREST
Guy Boivin MD, MSc, FRCPC
Professor, Department of Microbiology-Immunology and Infectiology
Faculty of Medicine, Laval University
Infectious Diseases, Medical Microbiology and Infectiology
Laval University Hospital Center (CHUL)
Educational Objectives:
1. To recognize the concept of interference among respiratory viruses
2. To understand the mechanisms of viral interference
3. To appreciate the potential applications of viral interference
Contact Person: Karl Weiss, MD, Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Tel. 514-340-8222 ext. 28294.
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April 25
ADVANCES IN THE MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
David Langleben, MD
Professor of Medicine, Â鶹AV
Director, Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Division of Cardiology, Jewish General Hospital
David Rosenblatt, MD
Professor, Departments of Human Genetics, Medicine, Pediatrics, and BiologyÂ鶹AV
Chief, Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Specialized Medicine
Jewish General Hospital
Educational Objectives:
1. To understand that idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) can in many cases be attributed to genetic mutations and to understand the effect of those mutations on pathophysiology.
2. To understand that the externally identical phenotype of idiopathic PAH may be due to very different mutations
3. To understand the value of detecting the mutations to provide personalized medicine
Contact Person: David Rosenblatt, MD, Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Specialized Medicine, Tel. 514-340-8222 ext. 23965.
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